The value of early diagnosis for effective management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

J Fam Pract. 2007 Oct;56(10 Suppl Value):S1-24.

Authors

Dennis E Doherty¹, Kenneth R Chapman, Fernando J Martinez, Mark H Belfer

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA.

PMID: 17949606

No abstract available

Publication types

Overall
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
Albuterol / analogs & derivatives
Albuterol / therapeutic use
Androstadienes / therapeutic use
Bronchodilator Agents / therapeutic use*
Cholinergic Antagonists / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Early Diagnosis
Fluticasone
Health Education
Humans
Influenza Vaccines / administration & dosage
Pneumococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage
Pneumonectomy / methods
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / drug therapy*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / surgery
Risk Factors
Salmeterol Xinafoate
Scopolamine Derivatives / therapeutic use
Severity of Illness Index
Smoking / adverse effects
Spirometry / methods
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survival Analysis
Theophylline / therapeutic use
Tiotropium Bromide
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Androstadienes
Bronchodilator Agents
Cholinergic Antagonists
Influenza Vaccines
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Scopolamine Derivatives
Salmeterol Xinafoate
Theophylline
Fluticasone
Albuterol
Tiotropium Bromide